be baying for someone's blood
be baying for blood
To be seeking punishment for a person or group. My co-workers have been baying for blood ever since they found out that I lied about my credentials on my resume.
See also: bay, blood
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be baying for someone's blood
orbe baying for blood
BRITISHIf people are baying for someone's blood or baying for blood, they want someone to be punished or hurt. Eight thousand supporters were baying for the manager's blood after a 5-0 loss to Grimsby. The travel company had just buried itself with debts of more than £12m and thousands of disappointed holidaymakers were baying for blood. Note: This expression compares the people's demands to the sounds that dogs make on a hunt.
See also: bay, blood
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- be baying for blood
- bay for blood
- bay at
- be out to get (one)
- be out to get someone
- know (someone or something) by sight
- know by sight
- know somebody by sight
- be out of house and home
- out of house and home